Navigating JavaScript and Embracing Elixir

News includes Theo releasing his ElixirConf presentation video on his channel, the launch of the Gleam and Curiosum Elixir developer surveys, a great tip of the Phoenix phx- cheatsheet documentation, and the Elixir LangChain project's improvements over the OG Python counterpart. Plus, details on upcoming events like CodeBeam Lite in New York and AlchemyConf in Portugal, a handy communication tip for teams—and more!

Show Notes online - http://podcast.thinkingelixir.com/228

Elixir Community News

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7j2SaHAWTDM – Theo, known for his TypeScript and JS content, released his ElixirConf presentation video to his own channel.
• https://x.com/theo/status/1852521365880156323 – Theo announced the release of his ElixirConf presentation video on his social media.
• https://developer-survey.gleam.run/ – The Gleam developer survey is available for participation.
• https://curiosum.com/sl/b87vc3qn – Participate in Curiosum's Elixir survey to contribute your feedback.
• https://curiosum.com/surveys/elixir-2023 – View the results from Curiosum's 2023 Elixir survey with ~400 respondents.
• https://x.com/davydog187/status/1852408187816947982 – The value of the potentially little known phx- cheatsheet in the Phoenix docs.
• https://hexdocs.pm/phoenix_live_view/html-attrs.html – Detailed documentation on special HTML attributes used in Phoenix LiveView templates.
• https://x.com/davydog187/status/1853762123647582697 – Watch the recording of Dave Lucia's live-coding session on building an Igniter installer for OpenTelemetry.
• https://www.youtube.com/live/SOO4RcolYSI – Part 1 of Dave Lucia's live-coding session on YouTube; part 2 is upcoming.
• https://github.com/brainlid/langchain – Introduction to the Elixir LangChain project for integrating Elixir projects with LLMs.
• https://www.reddit.com/r/elixir/comments/1ggfcbt/i_switched_from_the_python_version_of_langchain/ – A Reddit user shares their positive experience with the Elixir LangChain library compared to the Python version.
• Mark Ericksen shares his availability and interest in helping companies leveraging Elixir and LLMs.
• https://codebeamnyc.com/ – CodeBeam Lite conference in NY on Nov 15th, featuring a single-track agenda and notable speakers.
• https://podcast.thinkingelixir.com/106 – Previous podcast episode discussing Sam Aaron's work with Elixir and the BEAM.
• https://alchemyconf.com/ – AlchemyConf website is live, with details for the event from March 31 - April 3 in Braga, Portugal.
• https://dontasktoask.com/ – A communication tip for teams: don't ask to ask, just ask.

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